Mr. Butch

Harold Madison, Jr., (September 11, 1951 – July 12, 2007), more widely known as Mr. Butch, and sometimes called the "King of Kenmore Square" and "The Mayor of Allston" was a homeless man living on the streets of Boston. Over the course of three decades, he gained significant celebrity among Boston's college students and within its rock scene.

Early in his life Mr. Butch showed a distinct talent in making people smile, especially through music. In the mid- to late-1970s, after completing his studies at Berklee College of Music, Mr. Butch was often seen on the streets near that school, playing a guitar, with an open tuning that allowed him to play chords with a single finger. His dreadlock hairstyle and choice of guitar invited comparisons with Jimi Hendrix.

He got his name from a T-shirt that Billy Cole of The Real Kids gave him that said “Mr. Butch” on it.

During the 1980s, Mr. Butch’s fame among the local music scene grew, and he was given gigs at The Underground in Allston and The Rat in Kenmore Square, as well as Channel club on Boston's waterfront (all now defunct). Besides solo gigs, he would also sometimes perform with his band of rotating musicians and derelicts, “Mr. Butch and the Holy Men”. It was around this time that he began to be featured in The Noise, a local music fanzine, and was featured in many of their advertisements. Mr. Butch is mentioned in the liner notes to local hardcore punk compilation Bands That Could Be God, which featured, among others, Deep Wound (pre-Dinosaur Jr.), as the man to whom the compilation would be dedicated had he been on God's other side. Mr. Butch is also featured in the art work for the CD compilation I've Got My Friends. It features a combination of Boston and San Francisco punk bands, including The Unseen, Dropkick Murphys, The Outlets, The Ducky Boys, Swingin' Utters, The Working Stiffs, and Showcase Showdown.

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